Sheet wall tiling



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UNITED STATES GEORGE L. BENNETT, F CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO.

SHEET WALL riILIivsr.l A

Application filed `March 24, 1926. Serial No. 96,917.

Mylinvention relates to sheet wall tiling,

and more particularly to the construction ofsuch tiling and the manner of mountingV different sections of samein relation to each 5 other and to the walls of a building.

The wall tiling of my invention is made of sheet material, one surface of which is so formed andvinished as to resemble ceramic tiles, or have any other desired finish. The construction is such that-large sheets of this material may be secured in relation to the wall of a building and to adj acentsheets in y a manner to avoid the presence of preceptible joints or vcreviees at the parting between adjacent sheets, while avoiding the necessity for the use of nails or fasteners passing through thesheets and having the heads thereof exposed.

`In tiling embodying my invention, each sheet may not only be secured in position through the medium of 'concealed fasteners or attaching devices, but the construction and arrangement ofthe sheet, andthe manner of mounting it, is such as to permitl it to be vquicklyplaced upon thewall of a building, and to be accurately adjusted With relation tol the adjacent sheet. The manner of mounting the sheets is such as to afford a substantially rigid backing at such frequent intervals as to prevent any possible buckling of the sheet resulting in a wavy effect at the surface thereof.

The fastening or attaching means form a part of the tile sheet, are sopositioned as to aord a number of Widely divergent points of support for the tile sheet, and areso constructed as to be anchored to the wall structure in a manner to prevent separation of the tile sheets therefrom without a breaking down ofthe wall itself-adjacent the points thereof affording the anchorage for the fasteners. l f

In mounting tiling sheets embodying the invention no great nicety is required in the preparation of the wall for the reception of they tiling, the plastic condition of the portionof the Wall co-operating with the fas-l teners, at the time of the mounting ofthe tiling sheets upon the wall, not only permitting a rapid mounting of the sheets in relation to the wall, but that slight adjustment of each sheet, as it isV being mounted, necessary to secure a closey fit at the parting line between adjoining sheets.

The invention consists primarily in sheet wallV tiling having one face thereof decorated and having permanently secured tothe opposits face thereof a plurality of fastening.

devices projecting at an abrupt anglefrom the face to which they are attachedv 'and being of a length to penetrate the structure of the wall of a building, and rmly secure said sheet in position thereon Without thel presence of visible securing means at the decorative face thereof; and in such other n ovel features of construction and combination of parts as are hereinafter set forth and described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

Referring to the drawings, l

Fig. l is a front vieW of a fragmentary portion of a wall covered with tiling yembodying my invention;

F ig.'2 is a section upon the line 2-2 rof Fig. l upon an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 is a sectionV similar to Fig. 2, but upon 'a much larger scale, showingv the ldetaied construction of one form of fastener; an

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 3 illustrating a different manner of.; attaching the sheet of tiling 'to the wall. A i

Like letters referto like partsv throughout the several views.

In the accompanying drawings, thersheetl wall tiling of my invention is shown as being composed lof thin sheet material a having one `face thereof, that to be exposed Within a room, suitably decorated, and. formed if desired, so as to' resemble ceramic tiles, or to secure any other desired effect. These sheets n will -be lof lengths to approximate the standard requireir'ient'sv fork rooms vof different heights,-and will-be of a Width to be conveniently handled by the workmen. j

. Upon the back or undecorated face vof thisv sheet@ is a plurality of fastening devices Z) peri'nanently secured to the sheet in any desiredv manner which will result in a desired substantially integral relation of the sheet andthe fastening devices without caus-v ing these devices or the points of attachment of said devices to be conspicuously exposed at the decorated face of the sheet. Preferably the devices are arranged in l' parallel horizontal rows, and are suflicient` in numberand so'spaced, as to afford a multiplicity of points of attachmentand support for the shet after it vhas been mounted Vupon .the Wa secured in any suitable manner to the back,

or undecorated, face of the sheet a, and provided with means, as the head d affording projections spaced from the sheet a which will resist the forcible withdrawal of the device from the wall structure with which it c`o-opera'tes, or to which it is anchored.

For convenience in assembling and shipping the tiling sheets the flanged base c and the head d may be made in two parts connected by ,means of' screw threads shown at e.

2The fastening devices I) extend at anabrupt angle fr-om the face of the sheet a to which 'they are secured, it being desirable kto have them extend from this surface at substantially a right angle to facilitate the mounting of the sheets uponfthe wall structure.

As heretofore stated, a sheet wall tiling embodying my inventionmay be so conl ce structed as to be used in connection with various types of wall construction, the form of the invention shown in the drawings, being adapted for use with plaster strips eX- tending'along the wall and secured to'a suitable rigid backing or ground.

In vthe accompanying drawings, the wall proper is shown at 7" and has strips g of plaster applied directly to the masonry of the wall or tothe wooden studding of the wall by means of lathing. The plaster forming the strips g may, when mounting the tiling, be'plastic `throughout as shown in Figs.v 1 to v3, vor may be composed of a strip g of such plaster having a recess 7i, which may be dovetailed or undercut as shown, formed therein, this strip being allowed toiset and the recess 7L therein partially filled with fresh plaster g2 which-*will vbe plastic when'mounting the strips, preparatory to the mounting ofthe tiling'sheetwith relation to the wall.

Tiling sheets a` embodying my invention are made from thin gauge material, Iand the fastening devices b are secured thereto by welding, riveting or other similar methods before the Aopposite face of they sheet has thedecorations'applied thereto, it being possibleto place these decorations thereon by methods ordinarily employed in giving an enamel finish to metal sheets. The devices b will, under no circumstances, project from the facel to which they are secured a distance sufficient to interfere with the applying of the decorations to the other face of the sheet, the maximum extent of the projection of these devices, when used with plaster finish walls, being only about one-quarter toV one- A thirdofv an inch. i Y

'In applying these Vsheets to, or mounting them upon, a wall, kwith a wall construction shown in Figs. 'l tov 3 ofthe drawings, the strips of plaster are applied to the wal'l'and while yet plastic, or before sufficient time has been allowed lfor the plaster to set, a tiling sheet is brought against .this surface and the various devices b forced into the plastic material until the back of the sheet bears firmly againstthe wall finish.

Pressure `applied to the sheet a willcause the various devices b to Vpenetrate the plastic facing without displacement of any material quantity of the plaster, because `of the small dimensions of'the'fasteners, such plaster Vas is displaced being forced Vback of the head Z and closed upon the stem of thefastening device, as a result of pressure thereon from the tiling sheet, so that as the `plaster sub-V sequently sets, a firm anchorage forthe entire sheet is secured by rmeans of the devices b. In placing the-sheet against 'the' wall, the workman will bring one'edgethereof with a close fit'with relation tothe 'edge of an adjacent, previously mounted sheet, it being possible to work the Sheet in its entirety laterally to secure the `desired close lit, since'v such working of vthe Asheet will cause no material disturbance of the'plaster or no such displacement thereofas will not be compensated for by 'thereadj-ustment lof the plastic mass against which the sheet bears. The lnumber and-arrangementof the fastening devices, spursror'barbs b will cause a distribution of theload ofthe sheet a in a manner to the sheet. Y Y

Before the sheet is mounted en the wall, the. strips g-g-g2 of" laster are applied theretoand trued up, so t ata rigid back-ing prevent any material 'settlingof lll) will be afforded to the sheet a yz'uijacent 'its point .of-support, -particularlyafter the plas@ ter hasset. f v f In Fig. 4, strips of plaster g are applied to thewall, leaving elongated cavities'therein, and the plaster Vthus appliedallowed to set before the mounting of the tiling sheets thereon is undertaken. Vhcn these Vsheets are to be mounted, lthe cavities at hare 'partly filled .with fresh Aplasterg2 and the sheets are vapplied while the plaster inthe cavities z, is still plastic. This lmanner -of mounting the sheets avoids Vpossibility of I disturbance of the plastic facing for'the wall, in the event that the workman shouldpress .the

ing, when'mounti-ngthesheet in the manner Y illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 of the drawings.k

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It is also necessary when using the plastic strips g2 in the cavities L, to allow for the displacement of the plaster in these cavities by the devices b, since any disturbance of the plaster Will be localized.

It is apparent that by securing the fastening devices to the sheet a before the decorations are applied to these sheets, the enamel or other material of the decoration will conceal all evidence of the presence of the fastening devices,jaud that the manner of mounting the sheets is such that a smooth continuous wall facing is secured with an almost imperceptible parting between the diiferent vertically extending sheets. This is especially true where the devices Z) are riveted on and ground iiat on the iinished surface.

The tiling sheets embodying my invention have the advantage that' they may be inexpensively installed, and `when in position, are sanitary and act as a iire retardant.

The manner of mounting the sheets does not require any precision in the preparation of the wall for such sheets, rbeyond the working up of the plaster or wood grounds to fiat true surfaces. In litting the sheets under these conditions, precision in locating the fastening devices b with relation to the part of the wall with which they co-'operate, is not necessary, since even'if the plastic strips in the cavities L are used, there is suiiicient latitude so that the workman in adjusting the sheet in relation to other sheets will bring the fasteners into a position where they will penetrate some part of the plastic covering of the wall or the plastic material of said strips.

It is not my intention to limit the invention to the precise details of construction shown in the accompanying drawings, it being apparent that such may be varied without departing-from the spirit and scope of the invention.

Having described the invention, what I claim asnew and desire to have protected by LettersPatent, is-

1. Sheet wall tiling having one face thereof decorated and having permanently secured to the opposite face thereof a'plurality of fastening devices projecting Vat an abrupt angle from the face to which they are attached and being of a length to penetrate the structure of the wall of a building, and firmly secure said sheet in position thereon without the presence of visible securing means at ythe decorative face thereof.

2. Sheet wall tiling having one -face thereof decorated, and a pluralit of fastening devices each consisting of a anged base, permanently secured to the other face of said sheet, and a head having projections spaced away from said sheet sufficiently to penetrate and be anchored in a plaster facing of a wall of a building to secure said lsheetin position thereon without the presence lof visible .securing means at the decorated face thereof.

3. Sheet wall tiling having one face thereof decorated, anda plurality of fastening devices each consisting of a flanged base permanently secured tothe other face of said sheet, a head having projections spaced away from said sheet suiciently to penetrate and be anchored in the plaster facing of a Wall of a building to secure said sheet in position thereon without the presence of visible securing means at the decorated face thereof, and means whereby said head may be removably connected with said ianged base. Y

In witness whereof I have hereunto afIiXed my signature this 18th day ofMarch 1926.

GEORGE L. BENNETT. 

